Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer

Adobe Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative software company is seeking a UNIX Administrator in San Jose, CA. The role involves overseeing Linux-based server administration, troubleshooting applications, and ensuring system operability. Candidates should have strong skills in Unix/Linux system administration, automation, and networking. Ideal applicants will possess proficiency in scripting with Bash and Python, and experience with Ansible and Terraform. The position offers opportunities to work in a robust, collaborative environment focused on delivering high-performance cloud services.

Qualifications

• In-depth experience with Unix/Linux servers, especially RHEL, CentOS, SUSE.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation tools to streamline deployments.
• Solid grasp of networking for effective problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Daily administration of Linux-based servers and monitoring ticket queues.
• Collaborate with application administrators to troubleshoot applications.
• Maintain all system documentation.

Skills

Unix/Linux System Administration

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Networking Knowledge

Virtual machine management

System security

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Overview

The Challenge
Adobe is seeking a UNIX Administrator with strong technical, process, and automation skills to be part of the High-Performance Cloud Operations Team. As an Infrastructure Administrator, this person is responsible for the daily administration of Linux and Unix servers in a business application environment. This includes general system administration tasks, software and hardware support, system configuration, and system monitoring. The candidate should have excellent Linux/Unix administration experience with customer relation skills and be able to work with business application administrators, helping fix their applications and guiding them with standard methodologies. The individual should be self-motivated with good communication skills and be able to work in a team or as a sole contributor. Primary responsibility is the operability, resiliency, performance, and capacity of owned production services.

What you'll do

• System Administration - Day-to-day administration of all Linux-based servers, including monitoring the trouble ticket queue, system fixes, hardware and software changes, scripting, patching, system performance monitoring, sizing, integration, upgrade implementation, and hardware diagnostics.
• Application support - Work with application administrators to help fix and fine-tune applications and, when required, guide application administrators in standard processes related to using the underlying UNIX infrastructure.
• Documentation - Maintain all system documentation.

What you need to succeed

• Unix/Linux System Administration: In-depth experience with Unix/Linux servers (especially RHEL, CentOS, SUSE) for installation, configuration, patching, and troubleshooting.
• Automation & Scripting: Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python) and automation tools (Ansible, etc.) to streamline deployments and manage configurations.
• Demonstrable ability to perform UNIX builds such as RHEL
• Networking Knowledge: Solid grasp of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, etc.) and system connectivity for effective problem solving in distributed environments.
• Working knowledge of Virtual machine management (VmWare, OpenShift) with TCP/IP functionality, networking, remote administration, cloning, migration, etc.
• Security Best Practices: Expertise in system security — user access controls, OS hardening, patch management, and compliance.
• Soft Skills: Good communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to collaborate across teams and resolve complex issues efficiently.
• Operational experience with Ansible and Terraform is beneficial.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe's offerings include Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio.

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